It\u2019s like the plot of a B-movie in itself.<\/p>\n
Armie Hammer<\/strong>\u2018s attempted\u00a0comeback<\/a>\u00a0this month is in a film project from a director whose work has been so maligned that he once challenged his critics to a boxing match, and violently beat the snot out of the scribes who dared to face him.<\/p>\n German director\u00a0Uwe Boll<\/strong>\u00a0has been dubbed \u201cthe world\u2019s worst director\u201d by Vanity Fair, and he\u2019s received a Worst Career Achievement (dis)honor by the Golden Raspberry Awards (aka the Razzies). Even the Wikipedia entry for Boll opens by saying that three of his films \u2014 \u201cHouse of the Dead\u201d (2003), \u201cAlone in the Dark\u201d and \u201cBloodRayne\u201d (both 2005) \u2014 are \u201cconsidered three of the worst films ever made.\u201d <\/p>\n One of his former stars, late\u00a0Quentin Tarantino<\/strong>\u00a0fave Michael Madsen, called a Boll project he starred in, \u201can abomination,\u201d according to a\u00a02017 VF profile<\/a>. But Madsen then also told the mag: \u201cIf he called me up tomorrow to be in a movie, I\u2019d sign up in a heartbeat.\u201d<\/p>\n Armie Hammer at New York Fashion Week on February 7, 2018 in New York City. Getty Images<\/p>\n If that wasn\u2019t enough, Entertainment Weekly reported in 2008 that film fans launched an online petition demanding Boll mercifully quit the biz for his cinematic crimes. (The director said he\u2019d throw in the towel if the signatures hit 1 million.)<\/p>\n But after announcing his retirement a decade ago, Boll\u2019s back with \u201cCitizen Vigilante,\u201d and he\u2019s found a new leading man in Hammer \u2014 the fallen former A-lister who was\u00a0dumped<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Hollywood. In the film, out June 19, Hammer stars as a vigilante killer. Like a cross between \u201cAmerican Psycho\u201d and \u201cDeath Wish,\u201d the pitch sums it up as: \u201cThe film follows an American businessman living abroad (Hammer) whose campaign against criminals turns him into a social media phenomenon while placing him increasingly at odds with law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n Hammer and Boll are participating in a \u201cvirtual roundtable\u201d discussion with journalists this week. And Hammer is doing a sit-down with at least one major publication as he tries to revive his acting career, we hear. <\/p>\n The \u201cSocial Network\u201d star has been fielding offers\u00a0via attorney\u00a0Todd Rubenstein<\/strong>\u00a0at Yorn Levin\u00a0after he was previously let go by his publicity rep as well as his former agency, WME, amid the bizarre sex scandal that halted his career. (We hear that a former WME agent has also been advising him behind-the-scenes.)<\/p>\n Hammer was accused of sexual assault, as well as infamously having cannibalistic fantasies, but he strongly denied the allegations saying it was all consensual. Los Angeles prosecutors in 2023 declined to charge the actor with any wrongdoing. Hammer told his side of the story in a 2023\u00a0AirMail\u00a0<\/a>interview.<\/p>\n Director Uwe Boll attends the 2007 Hollywood Film Festival. Getty Images<\/p>\n